endowed; endowing; endows
1
: to furnish with an income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
endow a hospital
2
: to furnish with a dower
3
: to provide with something freely or naturally
endowed with a good sense of humor
Examples of endow in a Sentence
The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.
She plans to endow a faculty position at the university.
The money will be used to endow the museum and research facility.
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One key project under our portfolio includes substantial investments in mega solar power plants across the Middle East and Africa—regions endowed with significant solar potential yet historically reliant on fossil fuels.
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Rami Harajli, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some legal scholars have been percolating an argument that the Constitution requires the Supreme Court to limit those agencies’ Congressionally endowed independence in favor of more expansive presidential authority, even though the court decided this issue unanimously in 1935.
—David Lopez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Researchers have found that the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars endow them with this ability in a way that closely mirrors human speech.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2025
But are governments always endowed with such qualities?
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Rami Harajli, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some legal scholars have been percolating an argument that the Constitution requires the Supreme Court to limit those agencies’ Congressionally endowed independence in favor of more expansive presidential authority, even though the court decided this issue unanimously in 1935.
—David Lopez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Researchers have found that the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars endow them with this ability in a way that closely mirrors human speech.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2025
But are governments always endowed with such qualities?
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for endow
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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endow
verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇ 
1
: to provide with money for support or maintenance
2
: to furnish with something freely or naturally
humans are endowed with reason
Legal Definition
endow
transitive verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇
: to furnish with income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
a scholarship endowed by the testator
Etymology
Anglo-French endower, from Old French en-, prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dowry
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